iexplore.exe sucking RAM

[eeps24]

why is it the more RAM you have in your system the more iexplore.exe sucks up .. as well with other programs. When I compare 2 machines with different RAM spec's , iexplore.exe will suck up alot with the system with more RAM why is that? its only 1 window open

[Ryan220587]

just use firefox

[eeps24]

firefox does the same thing

[Ryan220587]

oh ok then, let me see how i can help

what operating system are u running, and what version of IE? is RAM the only thing that differs between the 2 PCs?

[eeps24]

both XP ..... i noticed this with all PC's ... some PCs with lower RAM will comsume less with IE .. PC's with more RAM...IE will take up more RAM

[RetroEvolute]

How much is 'more RAM' (How much ram do you have in the PC). Anything over 3gb can really confuse XP... ha

[GiPilot12]

I am not sure about this, but I believe that the Iexplorer/firefox is given a cirtain percentage of memory. The application will fill that alloted amount of space for extra tabs, pictures, and plugins.

ie. More ram=more space the browser will be allowed to use. And the browser will use it.

[Ryan220587]

wow, i didn't realise this...very interesting indeed!

[theedisoneffect]

So that begs the question: is it possible to change what percentage is alotted to Firefox? (Or IE, for that matter, though I don't have IE.)

I mean, right now I'm using an old laptop with 128mb ram in it, and Firefox is doing just fine whilst using about 60mb ram. And that's after I've left it running all day and the memory leaks have had a chance to wreak havoc.

So to me, it naturally follows that, if it can work fine with 60mb ram on this machine, there's no reason why it should regularly use 150mb on my desktop machine. Is it possible to confine the memory usage?

[sr71000]

I have 512 memory and firefox is still only using about 60 mb. What extensions do you have installed? Are they different versions?

[osprey4]

I've got IE 7 running with 10 tabs, half of which are doing some sort of video, and it's using about 132 MB. Doesn't seem too bad.

[RicheemxX]

Heck ie7 with 2 tabs barely hits 30mb firefox with 4 tabs and 3 addon's running adblock, colorful tabs and a toolbar for myspace just barely hits 60mb if you think ie is sucking too much ram the you need to run some adware/spyware scans

[sr71000]

that's along the lines of what i was thinking

[dzee]

my firefox just browsing timo is currently on 77mb on a 1.5gb system

[quickoldcar]

My Firefox is at 29MB usage and peak was at 32MB.

This comp been running for approximately a month since last reboot.

On a 1.5gb system

[SeanC]

My Firefox starts at 30MB and goes up with usage. Unless I'm picture hunting, Firefox usually doesn't go over 80MB of my 512MB.

I don't use IE except for Windows updates so I have no idea what it's RAM usage is.

[Ryan220587]

mine also floats around 30mb on a 1 gig system, with a few browsing tabs open.

[darkertint]

does nobody here use maxthon? I have 10 tabs open and only 15mb of ram on 512 system.

[kratasek]

Heck ie7 with 2 tabs barely hits 30mb firefox with 4 tabs and 3 addon's running adblock, colorful tabs and a toolbar for myspace just barely hits 60mb if you think ie is sucking too much ram the you need to run some adware/spyware scans

IE with one tab open uses 680MB of RAM and abour 65% of CPU..
What the heck?! It takes 2 minutes to load E-bay page :-(